Sean Connery

Age: 81Born: 25 August 1930Films:6Prefered film: GoldfingerWorst film: Diamonds are ForeverStatus: Married - Micheline Roquebrune007 Bios:Sean Connery was the third actor to be approached for the starting role of James Bond. Since his first appearance in Dr No, he still remains one of the best actors to ever play the character. Five of the 'Connery Era' have featured the evil work of SPECTRE, a criminal organisation with the lead man Ernst Stavro Blofeld as his sworn enemy. The other film is commercially the most successful Bond film as it sets the format for the films that follow. Goldfinger fits in the 'Godley' section of everyone's list. Around the release of Thunderball and You Only Live Twice, Sean Connery felt that the Bond character became too reliant on gadgets rather than his own wit. He also complained about the amount of interviewers. He even admitted that one interviewer even followed him into the toilet and at this point, he decided to quit the role of Bond. He later returned to save the series from being destroyed by the terrible film which followed Connerys last, On Her Majesty's Secret Service. His last film was merely to save the series, but Connery admitted that he rather enjoyed being Bond.